Pteromys
E204425
Pteromys is a genus of flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle across parts of Europe and Asia.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pteromys canonical | 2 |
| Pteromys momonga | 1 |
| Pteromys volans | 1 |
| Pteromyscus | 1 |
| Temminck’s flying squirrel | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1815541 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pteromys Context triple: [Sciurinae, contains, Pteromys]
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A.
Paraxerus
Paraxerus is a genus of African tree squirrels known for their arboreal habits and bushy tails, commonly found in woodland and savanna habitats.
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B.
Thylogale
Thylogale is a genus of small to medium-sized marsupials commonly known as pademelons, native to forests and scrublands of Australia and New Guinea.
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C.
Horsfield's tarsier
Horsfield's tarsier is a small nocturnal primate native to Southeast Asian forests, known for its large eyes, elongated tarsal bones, and remarkable leaping ability.
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D.
Dendrolagus
Dendrolagus is a genus of arboreal marsupials known as tree-kangaroos, native to the rainforests of New Guinea and northeastern Australia.
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E.
Trichosurus vulpecula
Trichosurus vulpecula is the common brushtail possum, a nocturnal, arboreal marsupial native to Australia and widely introduced to New Zealand.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Pteromys Target entity description: Pteromys is a genus of flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle across parts of Europe and Asia.
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A.
Paraxerus
Paraxerus is a genus of African tree squirrels known for their arboreal habits and bushy tails, commonly found in woodland and savanna habitats.
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B.
Thylogale
Thylogale is a genus of small to medium-sized marsupials commonly known as pademelons, native to forests and scrublands of Australia and New Guinea.
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C.
Horsfield's tarsier
Horsfield's tarsier is a small nocturnal primate native to Southeast Asian forests, known for its large eyes, elongated tarsal bones, and remarkable leaping ability.
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D.
Dendrolagus
Dendrolagus is a genus of arboreal marsupials known as tree-kangaroos, native to the rainforests of New Guinea and northeastern Australia.
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E.
Trichosurus vulpecula
Trichosurus vulpecula is the common brushtail possum, a nocturnal, arboreal marsupial native to Australia and widely introduced to New Zealand.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (47)
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Pteromys Description of subject: Pteromys is a genus of flying squirrels known for their gliding membranes and nocturnal, arboreal lifestyle across parts of Europe and Asia.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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